Waistband.



A PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. H. BEERWALD.

No.v 756,567.

WAISTBAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 190s.

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- UNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WAISTBAN'D.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "756,567, dated April 5, 1904:.

Application filed August 22, 1903.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY BEERWALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Waistbands, of which the following is a speci'- cation. d

This invention relates generally to waistbands for childrens pants, and more particularly to certain improvements upon the waistband shown, described, and claimed in my application filed June 30, 1903, Serial No. 163,754.

Waistbands as usually constructed for childrens pants have been made from stiff material for the purpose of making the pants firm at the top. This stiff material is objectionable for the reason that the buttonholes therein are so stiff that it is diflicult to button the shirtwaist to the pants. Furthermore, the stiff material usually employed does not present a neat or finished appearance to the pants. These objections I overcome by making the waistband proper of soft and pliable material and using a strip of canvas or buckram upon the back of the waistband proper to give the necessary firmness to the top of the pants without interfering with the softness or pliability of the waistband proper. Furthermore, as the buttons are either sewed on or riveted on through the cloth and canvas, said canvas lends additional strength to the buttons.

With these and certain other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication, Figure 1 is a view showing the top portion of a pair of boys pants, size l0, with my improved construction of waistband applied to the top thereof. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing the component parts of my waistband. Fig. Bis avertical sectional view of the said band and a portion of the pants to which it is attached. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the waistband detached from the pants.

Vaistbands as usually constructed have been made quite narrow, and with the idea of serai no. 170,425. (No man.)

making a more finished product I prefer to construct my improved waistband wider than usual, the width of the waistband being governed by the size of the waistband, and from sizes 9 to 16 the said waistband will range from two to three inches in width.

In constructing a waistband in accordance with my invention I employ a band proper, A, of some soft pliable materialsuch as silesia, farmers satin, or other suitable material` which is connected at the back to a strip of canvas or buckram B, said canvas or buckram strip being arranged next to the cloth C of the bands. The strip of heavy material is preferably only as wide as the back of the waistband and has its upper edge secured, preferably, within the hem that is formed at the top of the strip A, whereby it is secured at its upper edge to the waistband when the hem is formed and at its lower edge when the waistband is attached to the garment. In this manner the waistband can be manufactured and sold to the trade complete and at the minimum cost, as the cost of the additional material is the only eXtra expense, the attach- 7 5 ment of it not requiring any additional labor.

The band A is made from a single piece of material and comprises the buttonhole-strip A' and the back strip A2, the intermediate portion of the piece of material being folded 8o longitudinally in reverse directions, as shown at A3, A4, and A5. The buttonhole-strip Al is folded back upon itself, as shown, thereby providing a double thickness, and atits upper edge is turned over and hemmed, as shown at A6. The lower edge of the inner portion of the buttonhole-strip' extends downwardly into the fold A3, but is not connected thereto. Elastic strips D are secured at their lower ends in the fold A5 and at the buttonhole-strip A', A lower end of the buttonhole. As arule three elastic strips are sufcient, said stripsbeingarranged in the back portion of the waistband their upper ends to which is below the at the points where the greatest strain is placed upon the waistband. The waistband proper and reinforced strip of canvas are securely connected by a zigzag row of stitching E, such stitching being made on straight lines, the angles E' occurring directly beneath IOO each buttonhole and the angles E2 midway between each pair of buttonholes. By having the lines of stitching straight instead of curved a broken stitch upon one side of a buttonhole will not .affect the stitches upon the opposite side of the buttonhole, and the waistband as a whole is much stronger by having Ia stitching produced in this manner.

All ofthe advantages incidental to making the waistband proper from a'single piece-of material folded longitudinally the back portion Ionly of which is secured to the bands, such as .are set -forth in the application covering those features, are to be found also in this present construction. In addition to those advantages I add the waistband of unusual width, the band proper of soft material, and the stijf strip of canvas or buckram.

It will thus be seen that Iprovide a simple and highly eiiicient construction of waistband and one which will fully accomplish all of the objects hereinbefore mentioned.

Having thus fully described' my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi

A waistband comprising a band proper of soft material and a piece of canvas attached at its upper edge to the upper edge of the back of the band proper, said band proper being formed from a single strip of material folded longitudinally a number of times upon itself and providing the buttonhole-strip, the Y back strip and intermediate folded portion, the back strip being adapted to be attached to the pants at the top and bottom edges, and the elastic strips secured at their lower ends to the lower edge of the back strip and at their upper ends to the buttonhole-strip at a point below the buttonhole, substantially as described.

HARRY BEERWALD.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. FOLEY, J osEPHv L. DoUGHER'rY. 

